Ed Fisher

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Stephanie Clifford, the adult film actress known as Stormy Daniels who alleged a sexual relationship with DonnyT, sued him and promised to return $130,000 his lawyer gave her as hush money. Her movies include such classics as “Knocked Up” and “Forty-Year Old Virgin.” She appears with Anderson Cooper on 60 Minutes (CBS) in a taped interview. As I jot this down, the date on-air has yet to be determined. She states the non-disclosure agreement between them is not...

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On Sunday, March 11, 2018, 2 a.m., we turn our clocks forward one hour to 3 a.m. I really detest Daylight Saving Time. It means I get up when I’m sleepy and go to bed when I’m not. It means eating breakfast, lunch and supper before I am hungry which might make me eat less, so I guess that part was good. It means daylight pouring through our family room window onto the television news. It will be dark at the start of the day, and the extra hour in the...

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In early December, 2017, Yale Psychiatrist Brandy Lee met with over a dozen members of Congress to discuss Donald Trump’s mental fitness. She relied on inputs from 27 mental healthcare experts, and although she could not diagnose Trump without a formal evaluation, she said, Trump’s recent behavior shows that he may be a danger to the American public.

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In 2003 political science Dr. Lawrence Britt wrote “Fascism Anyone?” in the spring issue of Free Inquiry, page 20. He had studied the regimes of Hitler in Germany, Mussolini in Italy, Franco in Spain, Suharto in Indonesia, and Pinochet in Chile. He found 14 characteristics applicable to nationalistic tyrants.

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I see, hear and smell the crashing and burning of New Year’s resolutions as they smash and burn on the Plain of Good Intentions. I never liked New Year as a child, but I am glad the Old Year is gone and dead. If 2017 were a movie, most patrons would want their money back. Starting afresh, I will jot some of the things and ideas in which I believe.

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There are still scraps of gift wrapping here and there. We won’t take down our tree or decorations until after Twelfth Night, around our anniversary. Hope your holiday, regardless of belief system went well. Our small family was cozy and happy together.

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Trump knew Motley was dead? Of course he did. Trump and he had been partners for I don’t know how many years. Trump was his sole executor, his sole administrator, his sole friend, his sole mourner. Trump never painted out old Motley’s name. The firm’s name was Trump & Motley.

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November 15 2017I have downloaded the 477 page final draft of the Federal Climate Science Special Report (https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4174364/Climate-Science-Special-Report-2017.pdf ). According to Richard Alley, “This is good, solid climate science.” Alley is a geoscientist at Penn State University, who made contributions to the report’s conclusions on sea level rise. “This has been reviewed so many times in so many ways, and it’s...

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“This Old House” appears most Sunday afternoons on PBS/QTV at 5 p.m. The series features Tom Silva, General Contractor, Norm Abram, Master Carpenter, Richard Trethewey, Plumbing and Heating Expert, Roger Cook, Landscape Contractor, and Kevin O’Connor, Host to walk us through their restoration of an existing home to new standards. They have taken viewers to many parts of the country and shown many fine restorations.